Based on what you've told us, it looks like you're covered by the Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010 [MA000002].
Uniform entitlements
An employee may have to do work that requires special clothing or work that damages their clothing or footwear.
Special clothing includes:
- uniforms (eg. shirts with the company logo on them)
- items worn for workplace health and safety reasons (eg. protective aprons and protective footwear).
If an employee has to wear special or protective clothing or footwear, the employer has to:
- provide the clothing or footwear or
- reimburse the employee for the cost of the clothing or footwear.
The employer also has to pay an employee an allowance to cover washing costs, where the employee has to wash any special clothing.
For allowance amounts, go to Penalty rates and allowances.
Vehicle and travel entitlements
Vehicle and transport costs
When an employee is asked to use their own vehicle for work purposes they get a vehicle allowance. For allowance amounts, go to Penalty rates and allowances.
When an employer provides a vehicle to an employee for work purposes, the employer has to pay all registration, running and maintenance costs.
A shiftworker has to be reimbursed the cost of any transport when:
- they finish later or earlier than their normal time
- a reasonable means of transport isn’t available
- the employer doesn’t provides suitable transport.
Travel costs and travel time
When an employee has to work away from their normal workplace temporarily and they have to sleep away from their home they get an allowance to cover:
- all fares to and from the temporary workplace
- all reasonable expenses for board and lodging.
The allowances aren’t paid where the employer provides fares, board and lodging.
Employees travelling between their normal workplace and the temporary workplace have to be paid ordinary pay rates for time spent travelling (capped at 8 hours in 24 hours).
To find out more about who this award applies to, go to the Clerks Award summary.
Source reference: Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010 [MA000002] clause 19.1, 19.2, 19.4 and 19.5 